After the death of her father, 17 year-old Noufissa and her mother must go live in the mansion of Lalla Amina, the wife of an important Tetouan dignitary. There she develops a close friendship with Lalla Amina's granddaughter.

Ahmed and Houda decide to meet for the first time in the privacy of an apartment, away from the prying eyes of others. After devising a strategy to overcome all obstacles, they find themselves face to face in this foreign apartment that still bears the traces of a recent tragedy. When they return home at night, they realize that they are no longer the same.